- 1831 in science
The year 1831 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy
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Heinrich Schwabe makes the first detailed drawing of theGreat Red Spot onJupiter Chemistry
* A. A. Bussy publishes his "Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie " describing his method of isolating
magnesium Exploration
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June 1 -James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on theBoothia Peninsula .
*December 27 -Charles Darwin starts his voyage onHMS Beagle Awards
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Copley Medal :George Biddell Airy
*Wollaston Medal : William SmithBirths
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January 26 -Anton de Bary (d. 1888), surgeon,botanist ,microbiologist , andmycologist .
*February 28 -Edward James Stone (d. 1897),astronomer .
*March 3 -George Pullman (d. 1897),inventor .
*May 16 -David E. Hughes (d. 1900),inventor .
*June 13 -James Clerk Maxwell (d. 1879),mathematician .
*August 20 -Eduard Suess (d. 1914),geologist .
*October 6 -Richard Dedekind (d. 1916),mathematician .
*October 29 -Othniel Charles Marsh (d. 1899),paleontologist .Deaths
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June 27 -Sophie Germain (b. 1776),mathematician .
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